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Implementing & Testing Assessment and Referral Technologies in Juvenile Justice (JAARP)

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborators:
University of Maryland
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Information provided by:
George Mason University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01372046
First received: June 10, 2011
Last updated: NA
Last verified: June 2009
History: No changes posted
  Purpose
  1. Assess the impacts of implementing a juvenile assessment, referral, placement, and treatment planning (J-ARPP) protocol, and of different strategies for transferring J-ARPP technology, on service utilization of youth entering the juvenile justice system.
  2. Assess the impacts of implementing J-ARPP, and of different strategies for transferring J-ARPP technology, on measures of organizational readiness and motivation, and staff attitudes about assessment and service.
  3. Assess the impacts of implementing J-ARPP, and of different strategies for transferring J-ARPP technology, on measures of systems integration.
  4. Assess fidelity to the J-ARPP protocol and the relationship between fidelity to the J-ARPP protocol and service utilization of youth entering the juvenile justice system.

Condition Intervention Phase
Skill Development of Staff
Use of Standardized Assessment Tools
 Behavioral: Booster Sessions
Behavioral: Training
 Phase 3

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Further study details as provided by George Mason University:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Service utilization [ Time Frame: 18 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 1000
Study Start Date: February 2008
Study Completion Date: May 2011
Primary Completion Date: December 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Enhanced
A external consultant works with the team to develop skills and trains an in-house coach
 Behavioral: Booster Sessions
Provides onsite booster sessions for one year to the group after participating in standard care
Experimental: Trainer
External consultant provides booster session
 Behavioral: Booster Sessions
Provides onsite booster sessions for one year to the group after participating in standard care
Experimental: Standard
Receive agency training
 Behavioral: Training
memorandums, staff meetings

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • all offices
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01372046

Locations
United States, Maryland
State of MD, Juvenile justice offices
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Sponsors and Collaborators
George Mason University
University of Maryland
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Faye Taxman, Ph.D. George Mason University
Principal Investigator: Doug Young, MA University of Maryland
  More Information

Additional Information:
Related Info  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Faye S Taxman, Ph.D., Univeristy Professor, George Mason University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01372046     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: R01 DA18759, R01DA018759
Study First Received: June 10, 2011
Last Updated: June 10, 2011
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by George Mason University:
technology transfer
skill development
organizational change

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 19, 2013